Sebastián Nieto Parra is the Head of Latin America and the Caribbean at the OECD Development Centre. His research interests include financing for development, economic development, infrastructure and connectivity policies and political economy in emerging economies. Before joining the OECD, Mr. Nieto Parra was an economist for Latin America at Santander Bank, Madrid. Prior to that, he worked on…
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Hon. Aaron Farrugia is Malta’s Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects. He previously served as Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning after serving as Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds and Social Dialogue at the Ministry for European Affairs and Equality. Farrugia was elected to the House of Representatives of Malta in June 2017. As an economist,…
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Oleksandr Kubrakov is a Ukrainian economist, civil servant and politician. He currently serves as the Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine - Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine. Minister Kubrakov studied at the Kyiv National Economic University and completed a course at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
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Lida Fitts is the Director of the Sustainable Infrastructure Office at the US Department of Treasury, where she is responsible for supporting the mobilization of private investment into sustainable infrastructure in developing markets globally via the Partnership for Global Infrastructure Investment, and through development of bilateral and multilateral tools. She helps lead development of Just…
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Mr. Chris Antonopoulos has been heading Lekela Power since March 2015. Before joining Lekela Power, he was the Group Vice President responsible for the global sales and business development at Bombardier Transportation since 2006, a group with an annual order intake of approx. 10 BUSD. Before joining Bombardier, Mr. Antonopoulos has been active in various senior investment as well as sales/…
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Mr. Stephenson King is the Parliamentary Representative for Castries North in Saint Lucia and was appointed as Senior Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Ports, Transport, Physical Development and Urban Renewal in August 2021. He is currently one of the longest serving Parliamentarians in Saint Lucia’s House of Assembly and previously led the country as its Prime Minister between 2007-2011…
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Belen Marcos is a Civil Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and holds a postgraduate degree in transportation infrastructure from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. She has for 20 years held various positions within the Ferrovial Group, in North America, where she had been assigned since 2005. She most recently held the presidency of CINTRA in the United States. She was…
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Ms. Hutt holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She has completed the International Finance and Business Administration programs at Georgetown University. She has been a Professor for the Master’s in Public Policy program in the School of Economics and Business of the Universidad de Chile. Since June 2014, she has been a partner of Quiz Consultores…
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Riccardo Puliti, an Italian national, is the Vice President for Infrastructure at the World Bank as of August 16, 2021. In this position he leads the Bank's global efforts to build effective infrastructure in developing and emerging markets and supports the World Bank Group’s strategic business priorities such as the climate change action plan. He oversees the Bank's critical work across energy…
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Pablo Fajnzylber is Acting Vice President and Director of Strategy and Operations for the Infrastructure Practice Group, covering Energy and Extractives, Transport, Digital Development and Infrastructure Finance, Public Private Partnerships and Guarantees. The World Bank’s active portfolio in these areas consists of more than 400 operations for a total value of USD 75 billion, focused on…
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